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STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 

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OFFICE  OF  STATE  VETERINARIAN 
CHARLES  KEANE,  D.  V.  S. 


LAWS  IN  FORCE 


IN  THE 


STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA 


FOR  THE 


Prevention  and  Extirpation  of  Infectious 

and  Contagious  Diseases 

among  Live  Stock 


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UNIVERSITY     i) 


California 

State  Printing  Office 

1914 


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PREVENTION  AND  EXTIRPATION  OF  INFECTIOUS  AND 
CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES  AMONG  LIVE  STOCK. 


An  act  to  protect  domestic  live  stock  from  contagious  and  infectious  diseases, 
to  provide  for  the  appointment  and  duties  of  officials  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  to  provide  an  appropriation  therefor. 

[Approved  March  18,  1889.     Amended,  March  20,  1905  ;  March  23,  1907  ;  and  March  19, 

1909.] 

The   people   of   the   State   of   California,   represented   in   senate   and 

assembly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  office  of  state  veterinarian  of  the  State  of  California 
is  hereby  created.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  governor,  within  sixty 
days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  to  appoint  a  skilled  veterinary  sur- 
geon for  the  State  of  California  to  fill  said  oftice  of  state  veterinarian, 
who  at  the  date  of  such  appointment  shall  be  a  graduate  in  good  stand- 
ing of  a  recognized  college  of  veterinary  surgery  legally  qualified  to 
practice  as  such  in  this  state,  and  who  shall  hold  office  for  a  period  of 
four  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  qualification.  The  salary  of  said 
state  veterinarian  shall  be  three  thousand  six  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  payable  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  are  the 
salaries  of  other  state  officers.  Said  state  veterinarian  shall  also  be 
allowed  his  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties 
as  hereinafter  provided.  In  making  said  appointment  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  governor  to  disregard  political  affiliations,  and  to  be  guided 
in  his  selection  merely  by  the  professional  and  moral  qualifications  of 
said  veterinarian  for  the  performance  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  veterinarian,  provided  for 
in  the  first  section  of  this  act,  to  protect  the  health  of  all  live  stock  of 
the  state  from  all  contagious  and  infectioiLs  diseases,  so  far  as  prac- 
ticable, and  for  the  purpose  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  by 
and  with  the  approval  of  the  governor,  to  establish,  maintain,  and 
enforce  such  cpiarantine,  sanitary,  and  other  regulations  as  he  may 
deem  necessary  as  to  live  stock  passing  over  any  quarantine  line  exist- 
ing, or  which  may  be  established  within  the  state.  Said  state  veter- 
inarian is  aLso  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  by  and  with  the 
approval  of  the  governor,  to  establish,  maintain,  and  enforce  such 
quarantine,  sanitary,  and  other  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
as  to  live  stock  entering  the  state  from  other  states  and  territories,  and 
from  foreign  countries. 

The  governor  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  appoint  an 
assistant  state  veterinarian,  wdio  shall  hold  office  for  a  period  of  four 
years  from  and  after  the  date  of  his  appointment,  and  whose  salary 
shall  be  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  said  salary  to  be  paid  at  the 
same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  are  the  salaries  of  other  state 
officers.  Said  assistant  state  veterinarian  shall  also  be  allowed  his 
necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  3.  Upon  information  by  him  received  of  the  exi.stence  of  con- 
tagious or  infectious  diseases  of  domestic  animals  within  this  state,  the 
state  veterinarian  shall  proceed  to  thoroughly  investigate  the  same,  and 


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he  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  Uie  approval  of  the  governor, 
to  establish  such  quarantine,  sanitary  and  police  regulation  as  may  be 
necessary  to  circumscribe  and  exterminate  such  disease  or  diseases,  and 
prevent  the  extension  thereof,  and  ho  is  hereby  authorized  and  enij^ow- 
ered  to  enter  upon  any  groinids  or  premises  and  inspect  any  live  stock 
necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  4.  Upon  the  discovery  of  any  ease  of  such  contagious  or  infec- 
tious disease,  the  state  veterinarian  shall  immediately  inform  the  board 
of  supervisors  of  the  county  or  counties  in  which  said  disease  exists,  or 
diseased  animals  are  located,  of  the  existence  of  such  disease,  and  of 
such  facts  and  circumstances  in  connection  therewith  as  will  enable 
said  lioard  of  supervisors  to  take  prompt  and  proper  action  to  ])j-event 
the  spread  of  such  disease  and  to  eradicate  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  Upon  receipt  of  information  as  provided  for  in  section  four 
of  this  act,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  supervisors  to  proceed 
immediately  to  eradicate  or  suppress  said  disease,  to  prevent  its  spread 
or  introduction  among  healthy  animals,  or  the  infection  of  i)astui"es, 
roads,  places,  or  sections  theretofore  free  from  said  disease  and  unin- 
fected. 

Sec.  6.  Should  said  board  of  supervisors  refuse  or  neglect  for  a 
period  of  five  days,  to  take  any  or  i)roper  action  to  quarantine  such 
cases  of  contagious  or  infectious  disease  so  reported  to  them,  or  to  sup- 
press or  eradicate  the  same,  or  prevent  the  spread  thereof,  the  state 
veterinarian  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  quarantine 
.such  county  or  counties,  or  such  portions  thereof  as  may  l)e  necessary, 
and  thereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owners  of  the  live  stock 
quarantined,  their  agents  or  employees,  to  move  any  of  such  live  stock 
across  the  quarantine  line  established,  or  without  the  county  or  portion 
thereof  quarantined,  without  first  obtaining  a  permit  from  said  state 
veterinarian,  who  shall  before  such  permit  is  issued,  inspect  and  if 
necessary  cause  such  live  stock  and  vehicles  of  transportation  to  l)e  dis- 
infected in  accordance  with  tlie  instructions  of  said  state  veterinarian, 
or  until  such  quarantine  has  been  raised  or  discontinued  by  said  state 
veterinarian. 

Sec.  7.  The  state  veterinarian  shall  determine,  from  time  to  time, 
the  quarantine  and  other  regulations  necessary  to  prevent  tlie  spread 
among  live  stock  of  any  malignant,  contagious,  or  infectious  disease 
found  to  exi.st  among  the  live  stock  of  this  state,  and  when  he  shall  have 
done  SO'  he  shall  notify  the  governor  thereof,  who,  if  he  approve,  shall 
issue  his  proclamation  proclaiming  tlu^  boundaries  of  such  (|uaraiitine, 
and  the  orders,  rules  and  regulations  prcsrrihtd  I'or  liic  iiiaiiiltMiaiu-e 
and  enforcement  of  such  quarantine,  and  shall  piihlish  the  same  in  surh 
maimer  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

Skc.  71.  'I'hc  state  veterinai'ian  of  th(>  State  of  ("alifornia  is  hereby 
autlioi'ized  and  empowered  1o  a|)poiiil  one  deputy  stale  veterinarian, 
and  one  clerk.  The  salary  ol'  tlie  deputy  state  Ncterinariaii  shall  be 
eighteen  hundred  dollars  i)er  annum;  the  salary  oi"  the  eh'rk  shall  be 
sixteen  hundred  dollai's  ])er  aiuium.  Said  salaries  shall  he  paid  at  the 
same  time  and  in  the  same  maniiei'  as  are  the  salaries  of  other  state 
officers.  The  deputy  state  \'eterinai'ian  shall  he  allowed  such  necessary 
expenses  as  inay  be  incurred  in  the  disehai-ge  ol'  his  duties. 

Sioc.  8.  Any  pei-son  failing  to  comijly  with  the  provisions  ol"  this  act 
shall  be  deemed  L;uilt\-  ol"  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  he  |)iniislied  hy  a   line  ol'  not    less  than  one  hinidred  nor  more  than 


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five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  connty  jail  not  exceed- 
ing six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  and  shall  be 
liable  for  any  damage  or  loss  that  may  be  sustained  by  any  person  or 
persons  by  reason  of  the  failure  of  any  owner  or  person  in  control  of 
live  stock  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage  and  approval. 


An  act  to  prevent  the  importation  into  the  State  of  California  of  horses,  mules, 
asses,  or  cattle  which  are  affected  with  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease; 
to  provide  for  the  inspection  of  such  animals  before  they  are  brought  into 
the  state;  to  repeal  an  act  entitled,  "An  act  to  prevent  the  importation  of 
neat  cattle  for  dairy  or  breeding  purposes  affected  with  tuberculosis  into 
the  State  of  California,"  approved  March  7,  1911;  to  repeal  an  act  entitled, 
"An  act  to  prevent  the  importation  of  horses,  mules  and  asses  affected  with 
glanders  into  the  State  of  California,"  approved   March  7,  1911. 

[Approved   June   4,    1913.] 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  company  or 
corporation,  their  agents  and  servants,  to  bring  into  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia any  horses,  mules,  asses,  or  cattle,  unless  such  animals  have  been 
examined  and  found  free  from  infectious  or  contagious  diseases,  which 
freedom  from  disease  shall  be  established  by  a  certificate  of  health 
signed  by  a  regularly  qualified  and  practicing  veterinarian  who  is  a 
graduate  of  a  duly  recognized  and  accredited  veterinary  college  of  good 
standing;  provided,  however,  that  in  case  of  cattle  over  six  months  of 
age  intended  to  be  used  for  dairy  or  breeding  purposes,  said  certificate 
of  health  shall  also  state  and  certify  that  each  individual  animal  thereof 
has  been  personally  and  carefully  inspected  and  subjected  to  a  physical 
and  clinical  examination  and  also  subjected  to  the  tulierculin  test,  and 
that  each  individual  animal  thereof  has  been  found  free  from  any 
suspicious  symptoms  of  tuberculosis,  or  of  any  infectious  or  contagious 
disease  other  than  tuberculosis,  and  also  that  each  individual  animal 
thereof  failed  to  react  to  the  tuberculin  test.  Said  certificate  shall  also 
include  a  complete  temperature  record  of  each  animal  during  the  period 
while  undergoing  the  tuberculin  test.  The  certificate  of  health  and 
tuberculin  test  record,  as  provided  for  in  this  act,  shall  be  in  duplicate, 
one  copy  of  which  must  be  attached  to  the  way  bill  of  the  shipment,  and 
the  other  copy  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  state  veterinarian  of  the  State 
of  California  on  the  day  the  shipment  is  made ;  provided,  further,  that 
any  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation,  their  agents  and  servants, 
wishing  to  bring  cattle  into  the  State  of  California  for  exhibition  at 
fairs,  may,  by  making  application  to  the  state  veterinarian  of  the  State 
of  California,  receive  permission  to  bring  such  cattle  into  the  State  of 
California  for  such  purpose  without  the  tuberculin  test  as  provided  for 
herein,  but  in  all  such  eases  said  permit  must  be  attached  to  the  way  bill 
accompanying  the  shipment  of  such  cattle;  and  provided,  further,  that 
in  case  any  of  such  exhibition  cattle  are  sold  to  remain  in  the  State  of 
California,  they  must  be  subjected  to  the  tuberculin  test  and  proved  free 
from  tuberculosis  before  being  delivered  to  the  purchaser.     It  is  further 


provided  that  cattle  may  he  hrou,G:ht  into  the  State  of  California  for  the 
purpose  of  slaiigliter  for  food,  as  Avell  as  for  the  purpose  of  fattening 
for  such  slaughter,  -without  a  certificate  of  inspection  or  tuberculin  test- 
ing, except  as  may  be  otherwise  provided.  In  every  case  where  cattle 
are  being  brought  into  the  state  except  as  herein1)efore  provided  there 
shall  also  be  attached  to  said  certificate  of  health  a  certificate  signed  by 
the  owner,  or  the  consignor  or  shipper,  certifying  that  no  one  of  such 
animals  had  previously  reacted  to  the  tuberculin  test  within  three 
months  last  past  and  that  no  one  of  such  animals  had  been  subjected  to 
any  other  treatment  designed  to  negative  the  action  of  the  tuberculin 
test,  and  in  every  case  where  said  cattle  are  brought  into  the  State  of 
California  for  the  purpose  of  slaughter  for  food,  or  for  the  purpose  of 
fattening  for  such  slaughter,  a  certificate  signed  by  the  owner  shall  be 
attached  to  said  way  bill  accompanying  said  sliipmeut,  stating  correctly 
the  purpose  for  which  said  cattle  are  to  be  used  and  where  and  by  whom 
they  are  to  be  so  used;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  to  make  any  false  or  incorrect  .statement  as  to  any  of  the 
matters  herein  reciuirecl  to  be  set  forth  in  said  certificate  and  if  said 
certificate  be  attached  to  said  way  bill  it  shall  relieve  any  transportation 
company,  its  agents  and  employees  from  the  penalties  prescribed  in  this 
act,  if  said  cattle  should  be  brought  into  this  state  for  purposes  other 
than  as  set  forth  in  said  certificate. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person,  firm,  company  or  corporation,  their  agents, 
servants  and  employees,  that  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  nor 
more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail 
for  a  term  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  eighty  days,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment. 

Sec.  3.  That  certain  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  California 
entitled,  ''An  act  to  prevent  the  importation  of  neat  cattle  for  dairy  or 
breeding  purposes  affected  with  tuberculosis  into  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia," approved  IMarch  7,  1911,  is  hereby  expressly  repealed. 

Sec.  4.  That  certain  act  of  the  legislature  of  the  State  of  California, 
entitled,  "An  act  to  prevent  the  importation  of  horses,  mules  and  asses 
affocted  with  glanders  into  the  State  of  California,"  approved  ^Farch  7. 
1911,  is  hereby  expressly  repealed. 

Sec.  5.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conllict  with  llie  provisions  of 
this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 


An  act  providing  for  the  eradication  of  the  disease  known  as  scabies  in  sheep; 
providing  for  the  duties  of  the  state  veterinarian  in  relation  thereto;  making 
certain  acts  in  relation  to  sheep  infected  with  such  disease  a  misdemeanor; 
providing  for  a  lien  against  such  sheep  for  expenses  and  costs  in  the  exter- 
mination of  such  disease;  making  certain  persons  liable  for  a  violation  of 
this  act,  and  providing  for  the  enforcement  of  said   lion. 

I  Aiipi-ovrcl    l'"clini:u-.v    _::.    I'.h)!).  1 

Section   1.     Aii\'  pci-si  n   who  sli;i!l   Iukiw  iii'jl\    sell,  (tiVcr   lor  sjilc  or 
expose  in  siidi  a   iii.iniicr  as  may   iiilVrt   oilier  sheep   iiol   so  infected  aiiv 


sheep  infected  with  the  disease  known  as  scabies  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever,  upon  examination  of  any  sheep  located  in  any 
county  of  the  State  of  California,  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly 
authorized  deputy  shall  find  such  sheep  or  any  portion  of  them  to  be 
infected  with  or  to  have  been  exposed  to  infection  from  the  disease 
known  as  scabies  he  shall  forthwith  notify  in  writing  the  owner  or 
person  in  control  of  said  sheep  to  dip  all  of  said  sheep  in  a  manner  as 
directed  by  said  officer  for  the  purpose  of  eradicating  said  disease. 
Such  owner  or  person  in  control  of  said  sheep  shall,  within  a  period  of 
ten  days  after  receiving  such  notice,  dip  all  of  said  sheep  in  a  manner  as 
directed  by  said  officer. 

Sec.  3.  If,  upon  the  expiration  of  ten  days  from  the  date  on  which 
notice  was  given  to  dip  sheep  as  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act, 
the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  said  sheep  has  failed  to  dip  such  sheep 
in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  said  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly 
authorized  deputy  as  also  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act,  then 
said  officer  shall  immediately  take  possession  of  said  sheep  and  proceed 
to  eradicate  said  disease  of  scabies  by  dipping  said  sheep  one  or  more 
times  as  may  be  necessary. 

Sec.  4.  "Whenever  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized 
deputy  has  reason  to  believe  that  the  disease  known  as  scabies  exists  in 
a  flock  of  sheep  he  shall  notify  the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  such 
sheep  to  gather  all  of  said  sheep  in  a  corral  in  order  that  such  sheep 
may  be  examined  and  inspected  by  said  officer  for  the  purpose  of  ascer- 
taining if  any  or  all  of  said  sheep  are  infected  with  scabies.  And  if 
such  owner  or  person  in  control  of  said  sheep  refuses  or  neglects  to 
gather  all  of  said  sheep  in  a  corral  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  said  officer  to  gather  said  sheep  in  a  corral  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid ;  and  for  this  purpose  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  hire  such  necessary  help  as  may  be  required  to  gather  said  sheep. 

Sec.  5.  All  expenses  and  costs  of  dipping  sheep  as  provided  for  in 
section  three  of  this  act,  and  all  expenses  and  costs  incurred  in  gathering 
sheep  as  provided  for  in  section  four  of  this  act,  shall  become  and  remain 
a  lien  on  said  sheep  until  such  lien  is  paid  or  foreclosed  by  law. 

Sec.  6.  If  such  lien  is  not  paid  within  fifteen  days  after  said 
expenses  and  costs  have  been  incurred  the  state  veterinarian  shall,  in  the 
name  of  the  people  of  the  State  of  California,  commence  an  action  to 
foreclose  said  lien.  Such  action  shall  be  commenced,  tried,  and  deter- 
mined in  all  respects  as  provided  in  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  for  the 
foreclosure  of  mortgages  on  personal  property. 

Sec.  7.  In  any  action  or  proceeding,  civil  or  criminal,  arising  under 
this  act,  any  and  all  persons  having  an  interest  in  the  sheep  or  in  control 
or  possession  of  the  same,  and  concerning  which  sheep  such  action  or 
proceeding  is  had,  shall  be  liable  severall}^  and  jointly  for  each  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  8.     This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  immediately. 


An  act  providing  for  the  extermination  of  the  boophilus  annulatus  tick,  defining 
certain   crimes  and   providing   for  certain   civil   and   criminal   actions. 

[Approved   March   21,    1907;    Amended   February   23,    1909.] 

Section  1.  Any  pensoii  who  .sliall  willL'iilly  or  iiilciilioiially  .sell,  (ift'er 
for  .sale,  or  expose  in  such  a  manner  as  may  infest  hIIkt  cattle  or  other 
live  stock  not  so  infested,  any  cattle  havini!:  thereon  or  heing  infested 
with  the  boophilus  annulatus  tick,  shall  l)e  uuilty  of  a  misdemeanor ; 
provided,  however,  that  the  moving  or  handling  of  tick  infested  cattle, 
when  same  are  to  be  immediately  slaughtered  and  where  said  cattle  are 
loaded  on  railroad  cars  at  point  of  origin  of  said  cattle,  .shall  not  lie 
deemed  to  be  a  wilful  or  intentional  exposing  of  such  cattle  as  referred 
to  in  this  section. 

Sec.  1^.  Whenever  cattle  infested  with  or  exposed  to  the  infestation 
of  the  boophilus  annulatus  tick  are  to  be  moved  for  the  purpose  of 
immediate  slaughter,  and  where  no  provisions  are  made  for  the  loading 
of  such  cattle  directly  into  railroad  cars  at  their  point  of  origin,  such 
cattle  shall  only  be  moved  or  allowed  to  move  after  said  cattle  have  first 
been  dipped  or  otherwise  treated  in  a  manner  as  directed  by  tlie  state 
veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized  deputy. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  upon  examination  of  any  cattle  located  in  any 
county  of  the  State  of  California  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly 
authorized  deputy  shall  find  such  cattle  or  any  portion  of  them  to  be 
infested  with  the  boophilus  annulatus  tick,  he  shall  forthwitli  notify  in 
writing  the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  such  cattle  to  dip  or  otherwise 
treat  all  said  cattle  in  a  manner  as  directed  by  said  state  veterinarian  or 
his  duly  authorized  deputy  for  the  purpose  of  eradicating  sucli  ticks. 
Such  owner  or  person  in  control  of  such  cattle  shall,  within  a  period  of 
fifteen  days  after  receiving  such  notice,  dip  or  otherwise  treat  such  cattle 
in  a  manner  as  directed  by  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized 
dej)uty  for  the  purpose  of  so  eradicating  such  tick. 

Sec.  li.  If  upon  examining  said  cattle  after  the  expiraliou  cf  .said 
period  of  fifteen  days  the  said  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  aulliorized 
deputy  shall  find  that  said  cattle  have  not  been  so  dipped  or  otherwi.se 
treated  in  a  manner  as  directed  l)y  said  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly 
authorized  deputy,  such  officer  shall  immediately  nolir.N-  the  district 
attorney  of  the  county  in  which  such  cattle  may  be  located. 

Sec.  4.  If  upon  such  second  examination  the  state  veterinarian  <n- 
his  duly  aulliorized  do])uty  shall  find  that  said  cattle  have  nut  lieeu 
dij)i)ed  or  otherwise  treated  in  a  manner  as  directed  by  saitl  state  veter- 
inarian or  his  duly  authorized  deputy  for  the  purpose  of  eradicating  and 
destroying  said  tick,  said  officer  shall  immediately  take  ])Ossession  of  said 
cattle  and  pi'oceed  to  eradicate  and  destroy  said  tick  by  <lippiuL'  or 
causing  to  be  ili[)ped  or  by  otlu'i'wise  treating  said  cattle. 

Sec.  5.  All  the  expenses  and  costs  of  so  di|)|)iug  ;iii(l  Irealitii;'  said 
cattle  shall  become  and  remain  a  lien  on  said  cattle  until  .such  lieu  is 
paid  or  foreclosed  as  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  (J.  If  such  lieu  is  not  ])ai(l  within  lil'leeu  days  a  Tier  the  said 
expenses  and  costs  ai'e  incurred,  tlieu  the  state  velei-inari;iu  shall,  in  t  h(> 
name  of  the  people  ol"  the  State  oL'  ( -alifornia,  connnence  an  action  to 
Foreclose  said    lien.      Such   action   shall   be  eomuieuced.   triiMl   and   deter- 


—  7  — 

iniued  in  all  respects  as  provided  in  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  for  the 
foreclosure  of  mortgages  on  personal  property. 

.  Sec.  7.  If  however,  upon  examination  at  the  end  of  fifteen  days 
from  the  date  on  which  the  owner  or  person  in  control  and  possession 
of  said  cattle  is  given  the  notice  required  by  section  two  of  this  act,  the 
state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized  deputy  shall  find  that  said 
cattle  have  been  dipped  or  otherwise  treated  for  the  extermination  of 
such  ticks  but  are  still  infested  with  the  same  then  he  shall  instruct  the 
owner  or  person  in  possession  of  said  cattle  to  dip  or  otherwise  treat  said 
cattle  one  or  more  time  as  the  circumstances  may  demand,  and  within 
such  time  as  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized  deputy  shall 
deem  advisable. 

Sec.  8.  If  upon  examination  at  any  time  the  said  state  veterinarian 
or  his  duly  authorized  deputy  again  finds  that  said  cattle  are  again 
infested  with  said  ticks  or  that  the  owner  or  person  in  control  of  said 
cattle  has  not  continued  to  properly  dip  or  otherwise  treat  said  cattle 
for  the  purpose  of  destroying  said  ticks,  then  said  state  veterinarian  or 
his  duly  authorized  deputy  shall  take  possession  of  said  cattle  one  or 
more  times  as  in  this  statute  provided. 

Sec.  9.  In  any  action  or  proceeding,  civil  or  criminal,  arising  under 
this  act,  any  and  all  persons  having  an  interest  in  the  cattle  or  in  control 
or  possession  of  the  same,  and  concerning  which  cattle  such  action  or  pro- 
ceeding is  had,  shall  be  liable  severally  and  jointly  for  each  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  10.  Whenever  the  state  veterinarian  or  his  duly  authorized 
deputy  is  satisfied  that  any  cattle  are  in  process  of  fattening,  and  that 
such  cattle  will  be  ready  for  slaughter  within  a  period  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  days,  he  shall  exempt  such  cattle  from  dipping,  as  provided 
in  this  act. 

Sec.  11.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Using  or  exposing  animals  with  glanders. 

Penal  Code,  Section  402.  Any  person  who  shall  knowingly  sell,  or 
offer  for  sale,  or  use,  or  expose,  or  who  shall  cause  or  procure  to  be  sold, 
or  offered  for  sale,  or  used,  or  expose  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal 
having  the  disease  known  as  glanders  or  farcy,  or  who  shall  bring,  or 
cause  to  be  brought,  or  aid  in  bringing  into  the  state  any  sheep,  hog, 
horse,  or  cattle,  or  any  domestic  animal  knowing  the  same  to  be  affected 
with  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  shall  l)e  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor. 

Animals  having   glanders  or  farcy  to  be   killed. 

Pex.vl  Code.  Section  1026.  Every  animal  having  glanders  or  farcy 
shall  at  once  be  deprived  of  life  by  the  owner  or  person  having  charge 
thereof,  upon  discovery  or  knowledge  of  its  condition;  and  any  such 
owner  or  person  omitting  or  refusing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

Animals  affected   with   contagious   diseases  to   be   kept   within   enclosures. 

Penal  Code,  Section  102(/.  Any  person  or  persons,  company  or  cor- 
poration, owning  or  having  possession  or  control  of  any  animal  affected 
l)y  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  who  shall  fail  to  keep  the  same 


—  8  — 

within  an  enclosure,  or  herd  the  same  in  some  jilaee  where  they  -will  be 
secure  from  contact  with  other  animals  of  like  kind  not  so  affected,  or 
who  shall  suffer  such  infected  animals  to  be  driven  on  the  public  high- 
way or  to  range  where  they  will  be  likely  to  come  in  contact  with  other 
animals  not  so  affected,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  con- 
viction, punished  by  a  tine  of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  for 
each  offense. 

Making    it    a    misdemeanor    for    any    practitioner    of    veterinary    medicine    wlio    fails 
to  report  to  the  State  Veterinarian  certain  diseases  among  animals. 

Penal  Code,  Section  402e.  Any  practitioner  of  veterinary  medicine 
in  the  State  of  California  who  shall,  upon  gaining  information  thereof, 
fail  to  immediately  report  in  writing  to  the  state  veterinarian  the  loca- 
tion, description,  and  name  and  address  of  the  owner  or  person  in 
charge,  if  known,  of  any  animal  or  animals  affected  with  any  one  of  the 
following  diseases:  glanders,  anthrax,  blackleg,  hog  cholera,  swine 
plague,  verminous  bronchitis,  sheep  scab,  mycotic  lymphangitis,  aph- 
thous fever,  or  Texas  fever,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 


An  act  to  prevent  the  spread  of  contagious  diseases  among  animals. 

[Approved  March   20,    1905.] 
Statutes  of   1905,  p.   317. 

Section  1.  Any  person  having  the  care,  custody  or  control  of  any 
animal  that  dies  from  tuberculosis,  glanders,  farcy,  Texas  fever,  or  other 
infectious  disease,  shall  immediately  upon  the  death  of  such  animal 
cremate  or  bury  the  same,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  cremated  or  buried. 

Sec.  2.  Any  connnon  carrier  of  persons  or  freight  that  shall  trans- 
port any  animal  suffering  with  or  that  has  died  from  the  diseases,  or 
any  of  them,  mentioned  in  section  one  of  this  act,  a  greater  distance  than 
is  nece-sary  to  transport  such  animal  to  the  nearest  creamatory.  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

Sec.  3.  No  animal  that  has  died  of  any  of  the  diseases  named  in 
section  one  of  this  act,  shall  be  sold,  used  or  permitted  to  be  used  foi-  the 
food  of  human  beings  or  sold,  used  or  permitted  to  l)e  used  for  the  food 
of  any  domestic  animal  or  ft)\vl. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  that  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  H^.IO.OO  and 
not  moi-e  llian  $.■)()(). 00  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  for  a  term 
not  exceed  one  hundred  and  eighty  days,  or  by  botii  such  fine  and 
imj)risonment. 

Sec.  5.     This  act  shall  lake  (>ft'ect  iimnedinlelv. 


—  9  — 

Deposit  of  dead  animals   in   streets,   rivers,  etc. 

Penal  Code,  Section  374.  Every  person  who  puts  the  carcass  of  any 
dead  animal,  or  the  oif al  from  any  .slaughter-pen,  corral,  or  butcher  .shop 
into  any  river,  creek,  pond,  reservoir,  stream,  street,  alley,  public  high- 
way, or  road  in  common  use,  or  who  attempts  to  destroy  the  same  by  fire 
within  one  fourth  of  a  mile  of  any  city,  town,  or  village,  except  it  be  in 
a  crematory,  the  construction  anti  operation  of  which  is  sati.sfactory  to 
the  board  of  health  of  such  city,  town,  or  village ;  and  every  per.son  whO' 
puts  any  water-closet  or  privy,  or  the  carcass  of  any  dead  animal,  or  any 
offal  of  any  kind,  in  or  upon  the  borders  of  any  stream,  pond,  lake^  or 
reservoir,  from  which  water  is  drawn  for  the  supply  of  any  portion  of 
the  inhabitants  of  this  state,  so  that  the  drainage  of  such  water-closet, 
privy,  carcass  or  offal  may  be  taken  up  by  or  in  such  stream,  pond,  lake, 
or  reservoir,  or  who  allows  any  water-closet  or  privy,  or  carcass  of  any 
dead  animal,  or  of  any  offal  of  any  kind,  to  remain  in  or  upon  the 
borders  of  any  such  stream,  pond,  lake,  or  reservoir  within  the  bound- 
aries of  any  land  owned  or  occupied  by  him,  so  that  the  drainage  from 
which  such  water-closet,  privy,  carcass,  or  offal,  may  be  taken  up  by  or 
in  such  stream,  pond,  lake,  or  reservoir ;  or  who  keeps  any  horses,  mule.s, 
cattle,  swine,  sheep,  or  live  stock  of  any  kind,  penned,  corraled,  or 
housed  on,  over,  or  on  the  borders  of  any  stream,  pond,  lake,  or  reser- 
voir, so  that  the  waters  thereof  become  polluted  by  reason  thereof;  or 
who  bathes  in  any  such  stream,  pond,  lake  or  reservoir ;  or  who  by  any 
other  means  fouLs  or  pollutes  the  waters  of  any  such  stream,  pond,  lake, 
or  reservoir,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  as  prescribed  in  section  three  .hundred  and  seventy- 
.seven. 


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